The only thing that bothers me is why is his stomach bleeding? U mean to tell me a wound from 10+yrs would suddenly reopen from swinging a base ball bat? Also the diagnosis that his stomach would explode from too much exertion earlier really made that seem ludacris. Besides that great movie.
That song makes the scene. The only thing I would complain about is the over dramatic effect of the light blowing up. Still, that is one of the most classic movie scenes there is.
i just watched this movie today and i had to immediately post my comment on youtube about it. watching it made me forget and realize how much i love the game of baseball. and the movie just proves that baseball is america's past time sport.
This masterpiece is so incredibly magical - literally brings tears to my eyes watching this scene...timeless memories of a now seemingly bygone era in Hollywood - the era of REAL moviemaking
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@zizwop I don't think so, in fact I think he adds to the emotion of the scene. The Robert Redford character was good natured, generous, selfless, and just an honest person in general. And the batboy clearly looked up to him...
@divebomber101 Yeah, I wasn't trying to be a jerk, I just thought maybe they paused a little too long on him standing there. I do really love this movie, and the music is just awesome. My Dad really loves this movie.
@zizwop Im sorry to say, but indeed, you might might be the only ones who thinks that the "goofy" bat boy ruins this scene. We are studying this movie in my English Honors class in highschool, and comparing it to Homer's Odyssey, specifically looking at the Hero Cycle Elements Roy encounters. This scene may not seem important, but it is developing a "Mentor", or father-son relationship between the two, something that Roy will have to become used to, considering he is now a dad. Sit down son!
@sunnygirl724 Funny, I think that was already established when they made the bat together, I'm simply saying there is a long pause where the batboy is just standing there, and it's a bit too much. I love this movie, I'm not a hater. If anything, what's really important here with the batboy is that he gets another 'special' bat since his just snapped, and what better than one that was made the way his was.
@zizwop Fair enough. Some can say this movie is a little cheesy and outdated because of the long pauses for an example, but I don't mind it in this case. It is really exemplifying Roy's natural fatherly character.
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Between this and Hoosiers...I swear....Amazing doesn't even describe it..personally the lights reflecting on Wilford Brimly's glasses at the end....gets me everytime
You can say its all just Hollywood magic but when I was 10yo I saw Ron Guidry throw 18 strikeouts in Yankee Stadium and it was just as inspiring in real life as this scene. It doesn't happen often but sports can be magic.
@idseer Both are works of fiction. By definition, they are both big lies... or big truths that transcend the fiction. I prefer to look at it as the latter.
I prefer Barry Levinson's version and vision (the film). His leaves room for hope. I think the version we choose says a lot about our own individual psychologies, don't you?
@TemplarReturns I grew up watching The Natural and in my humble opinion I can't imagine that movie any other way than with Roy running through and celebrating the falling sparks in a dream like environment following triumph, the movie just wouldn't be the same. THIS is the way Roy's story is meant to be for me. I won't argue with anyone who says otherwise, you can enjoy the novels ending but this is the way I feel it should've been.
@issurchaim The reason why I did not include that scene is because it wasn't about the son, it was about Hobbs finally getting his chance to shine in the sport he loved. He finally got his chance to be the person he was prevented from being when he was shot by the woman.
@TemplarReturns Actually, the point about him playing catch with his son is simple. It is about how we pass on this game to the next generation, how we inherit it from father to son. Field of Dreams makes the point even better.
@TemplarReturns Actually, it was about Hobbs finally getting his chance to shine as man, simultaneously killing the old (Wonderboy) and coming to grips with the new (being a father, passing the ball from generation to generation.) That's why those last few seconds completes the scene.
The life Roy wanted as a prospect was why he was shot. He wanted to break all the records and be the best ever; him hitting this last home run does NEITHER. If Roy continued being obsessed with being the BEST, he'd be no good to anyone, including himself . Instead, he hits the home run to save Pop Fisher, the team, and his family. But in putting the others FIRST, he ends up achieving glory. The scene at the end playing catch with his son has EVERYTHING to do with this scene.
uh you can't lie in art. Since the book was fiction. So is this movie. I can make a movie and have aliens come and zap everyone as he's making a home run. that's why it's called fiction. You can't lie in fiction, since the whole purpose of fiction is to make up a story.
I still remember the first time I watched this movie. It was with my Dad, and I was 10 years old. It was my first year in Little League. This scene captures the mystery and the magic in the game of baseball more than any other. As long as I live, I will never forget Roy Hobbs rounding the bases in the dark as the lights in the outfield are exploding in the night. This scene always inspires me and reminds me of everything that was good once....and that could be again. Pure magic and inspiration.
I remember going to the "old rockpile" in Buffalo as an fan in the crowd to see parts of the Natural filmed. Still love seeing that old stadium as part of the movie. Super baseball flick.
I remember going to the "old rockpile" in Buffalo as an fan in the crowd to see parts of the Natural filmed. Still love seeing that old stadium as part of the movie. Super baseball flick.
i didn't know the batter can take 5 minutes of the game's time, talking to the boy and examining a broken bat before going back to the home plate and say, "let's play ball."
The poor bat boy! He was obviously not an actor. I'm sure they were yelling or gesturing after him to get out of the frame after he gave Redford the new bat. Great scene anyway!
This is truly beautiful. The geniusl part is when its raining stars and u see the reflection in pop's(the coaches glasses) at 4:34. Him, and us the audience see and feel what a perfect moment in life can be when you dream. A moment of transcendence. When the bounds of our thinking and feeling dissolve.
my friends and i would go to his house in 1988, being only 11 at the time and in little league, would watch the life out of this movie. ESPECIALLY this scene. Awesome ending to a movie. Fantasy, Escapism, Glory, Emotion and pure cineamagic. Love this movie forever!
I loved this film when I first saw it 20 years ago. Seen it many times since. This scene chokes me up more even than it did two decades ago - because I have a son of my own now. And when Roy and Bobby just look at each other over the broken Wonderboy bat, and again at the exchange of the "Savoy Special", that's how me and my son look at each other almost every day. Over the biggest things, over the littlest things. And he's only five. He makes me feel like Roy Hobbs. Or Superman. Invincible.
One of the best scenes in movie history. It shows all that could be good about baseball and Americana. Hobbs the aging prodigy that gets one last shot at bat, the end of his wonder bat, the look he gives the bat boy when he hands him the bat they made together, and his long lost girl that knew he had it in him laughs as he shows the world what he had in him.
i remember first wanting to watch this movie after i had read the book which was great (a must read for any baseball fan). I was so surprised when i saw the end of the movie because it was so different. In the book Roy chases a pitch and strikes out to end the game... very sad ending, but a beautiful ending still in the book. I still love what they did in the end for this movie even though it was different. it leaves u with a good feeling.
Gives you a real sense of the 'feel" of "old time" baseball. No giant egos. No giant contracts. No police blotter stuff. No roids. No conceit. No wimpy sissies, who sit out for weeks with minor injuries.
This is the only scene in any movie that physically gives me goosebumps. It's the moment when the radio announcer just begins to fade back in that gets me every single time. What a scene.
This is "every" boy's dream who grows up playing baseball. To hit the big homerun that win's your team the game. Believe me, it is every professionals dream too. They just rarely accomplish it due to the unbelivable competition they face on a daily basis. That being said, a "Roy Hobbs" moment will happen in the future I promise. Just keep your eyes open. When it occurs it will be equally as magical as the "movie" version.
Yeah... that's what you get for poisoning someone to prevent them from doing what they love and keep them from claiming what they deserve. Greedy fools will learn that a man like this can't be bought. They are beyond the money.
woo wat the this is way different from the book wonderboy breaks and he strikes out and everyone thinks he lost the game on purpose and the book ends with a boy asking him if its all true and he cant say that it wasnt true
Robert Redford said he based the Roy Hobb's character off of Ted Williams (hence the #9 jersey he wears) However, in my opinion he reminds me more of Mickey Mantle then anyone else.
One of the best scenes in movie history. Hobbs last chance at bat ever, finding out he has a Son, The Nebraska farm boy pitcher, Breaking the wonder boy bat, The bat boy getting the Savoy Special Roy helped him make,The second glance from Roy to the bat boy then knocking out the lights while his ex girlfriend laughs because she knew his talent.THE best baseball movie ever. Field of Dreams has it's moments, but nothing compares to the Natural
Plain and simple: if your a man between the ages of 10 and 55 and you dont get a little teared up from when Bobby grabs the Savoy Special and hands it to Roy, to right through the end of this scene, you simply have no soul. Go watch Transformers 2 or something. Also, the shot at 4:35 of the shower of sparks reflected in Pop's glasses is one of my all time favorite shots in any movie.
Caleb Deschanel's ace camerawork really brings you close to Hobb's accomplishment. My favorite shot is Roy running the home stretch of his life while the sparks fall like stars. I love that one haha.
Truly beautiful cinematography and score to match. Touches you on so many different levels that it is inspiring. The celebration of human acheievement, although fleeting and temporary, is really something. The film typifies this in grand style. Redford's character remiinds us of what it is to be unshaken and noble in life's challenges. Wonderful movie. Oddly, I'm not a fan of baseball.
This is my favorite movie of all time. I grew up with a baseball coach for a dad so we watched this constantly. I don't think I've ever watched this scene without tearing up. I help coach the high school legion team in my hometown now and I wear number nine and always have a lightning bolt patch on my uniform.
Just watched it today!!!
Truly a great baseball movie!!!
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yair1010 1 day ago
David Freese = Modern Day Roy Hobbs
bballshawty6304 1 month ago
3:03 switch to the magic moment;)
fdsffdd 1 month ago
what's this song called?
icemannn344 1 month ago
4:48 is truly amazing!
sunnygirl724 1 month ago
You want a movie that is guaranteed to make a grown man cry? Look no further.
Mikefreed9241 3 months ago
The only thing that bothers me is why is his stomach bleeding? U mean to tell me a wound from 10+yrs would suddenly reopen from swinging a base ball bat? Also the diagnosis that his stomach would explode from too much exertion earlier really made that seem ludacris. Besides that great movie.
Exodous23 3 months ago
@Exodous23 Wny don't you talk to Veterans who've got bullets and shrapel in their guts. You might change your opinion.
ajlopez33 3 months ago
Chills and misty eyes every single time the ball hits those lights.
SclafaniBagni 3 months ago 2
That song makes the scene. The only thing I would complain about is the over dramatic effect of the light blowing up. Still, that is one of the most classic movie scenes there is.
svscared 4 months ago
Chokes me up every damn time.
kuroiarashi 4 months ago
Yeah, I agree. Bobby Savoy ruins a great scene. He was an amateur, picked out of a crowd I guess.
jackpark7927 5 months ago
Who's gonna pay for those lights? I wonder...
aaronasina 5 months ago
and 3:17 "holy shit" lol
Supersonicsfan12 5 months ago
i just watched this movie today and i had to immediately post my comment on youtube about it. watching it made me forget and realize how much i love the game of baseball. and the movie just proves that baseball is america's past time sport.
Supersonicsfan12 5 months ago 5
I"ll never understand why Randy Newman didn't get an Oscar for this soundtrack
mandarinlearner 5 months ago 2
If you think about how long Pop must've waited for a moment like this, 4:33 is the greatest moment in baseball movie history.
UncleMikeNJ 5 months ago
Gotta love everything about this scene:
1. The iconic walk off home run
2. The fan who screams "Oh shit" as the ball hits the lights
3. The way Hobbs calmly jogs around the bases as the fireworks explode
4. The reactions of the judge, Gus, and Memo
5. The great music
Besides, there's just something so special, so incredible about a home run in baseball. Definitely one of my favorite sports movies of all time
Card54k320 5 months ago
This masterpiece is so incredibly magical - literally brings tears to my eyes watching this scene...timeless memories of a now seemingly bygone era in Hollywood - the era of REAL moviemaking
phantomlord54 6 months ago
Am I the only one that thinks that goofy batboy ruins the scene.
zizwop 6 months ago
@zizwop Yep.
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TemplarReturns 2 months ago
@zizwop I don't think so, in fact I think he adds to the emotion of the scene. The Robert Redford character was good natured, generous, selfless, and just an honest person in general. And the batboy clearly looked up to him...
divebomber101 6 months ago
@divebomber101 Yeah, I wasn't trying to be a jerk, I just thought maybe they paused a little too long on him standing there. I do really love this movie, and the music is just awesome. My Dad really loves this movie.
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@zizwop Im sorry to say, but indeed, you might might be the only ones who thinks that the "goofy" bat boy ruins this scene. We are studying this movie in my English Honors class in highschool, and comparing it to Homer's Odyssey, specifically looking at the Hero Cycle Elements Roy encounters. This scene may not seem important, but it is developing a "Mentor", or father-son relationship between the two, something that Roy will have to become used to, considering he is now a dad. Sit down son!
sunnygirl724 1 month ago
@sunnygirl724 Funny, I think that was already established when they made the bat together, I'm simply saying there is a long pause where the batboy is just standing there, and it's a bit too much. I love this movie, I'm not a hater. If anything, what's really important here with the batboy is that he gets another 'special' bat since his just snapped, and what better than one that was made the way his was.
zizwop 1 month ago
@zizwop Fair enough. Some can say this movie is a little cheesy and outdated because of the long pauses for an example, but I don't mind it in this case. It is really exemplifying Roy's natural fatherly character.
sunnygirl724 1 month ago
sloooooow moooooo tiiiiiiiiiiime lol
stophthecomputerwiz 6 months ago
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MrDukes1111 6 months ago
I love how I know what's gonna happen and then I'm still surprised when it happens
NATIONALSFAN93 6 months ago
I do love this final scene, especially the oscar!
4:09-4:20 Lord of the rings?!
VirgilBrigman1 6 months ago 2
@VirgilBrigman1 that so is..wow LOTR
kennygulley23 6 months ago
Reverses the book's ending completely.
Better for the film. but I miss the scene of him returning to the field to bury the shattered "Wonderboy".
They might have put is under the final titles as a sepia vignette.
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salinabd 7 months ago
This movie represents a time when Baseball mattered. I find that I admire the baseball of old, but don't really care about it today.
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rsel54 7 months ago
Video quality is very nice. I like this very much. Really very nice.
ranarohit755 7 months ago
one of the Greatest sports movies of all time!
previnsnaidu1 7 months ago
Between this and Hoosiers...I swear....Amazing doesn't even describe it..personally the lights reflecting on Wilford Brimly's glasses at the end....gets me everytime
luvspencersjersey 7 months ago
"Are you all right fellow?"
"Let's play ball!"
... such a courage! love this line!
ferrucciog 7 months ago
Gives me chill bumps every time I see this.
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Bab00nas 7 months ago
electricfying! good feeling movie! unforgettable classic! best sport 's movie ever!
ferrucciog 8 months ago
Every little kids dream come true, I know for it was mines once.
Omega7adam 8 months ago
Unfucking real that someone can enjoy this bullshit.. Soccer __ or is it too fast for US? atlest 2-3 thigs in an hour or 4
isojussilantie 8 months ago
Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night
with the smell of grass in my nostrils
and the taste of clay in my mouth
I could pick up my guitar and play things that most guitarist can only dream of
but all I want to do is throw a baseball to someone.
OGEECHEEMAN 8 months ago
Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night
with the smell of grass in my nostrils
and the taste of clay in my mouth
I could pick up my guitar and play things that most guitarist can only dream of
but all I want to do is throw a baseball to someone.
OGEECHEEMAN 8 months ago
I love the holy shit call by the milk man
DCItaly27 8 months ago
This is the greatest scene of any sports movie ever!!
samhern77 8 months ago
You can say its all just Hollywood magic but when I was 10yo I saw Ron Guidry throw 18 strikeouts in Yankee Stadium and it was just as inspiring in real life as this scene. It doesn't happen often but sports can be magic.
silverscreenname 8 months ago
Does anyone else cry at this scene or is just me the douche bag fag?
johnyzero2000 9 months ago
Nothing sadder than when "Wonder Boy" breaks
bss008 9 months ago
This film is way WAY way WAY more AUTHENTIC than Barry Bonds!!! There are no lies here - Roy Hobbs - the greatest hero in baseball cinema history.
DetroitLove4U 9 months ago
Those Hollywood people are idiots! And Redford is one overdone ham. I mean, have you ever seen anything so stupid?
coorking 9 months ago
Robert Redford was born to play pre-WWII 20th Century American men. Roy Hobbs, Johnny Hooker, Sundance Kid, Jay Gatsby, all amazing performances.
Also, I love the "OH SHIT!" at 3:18.
Lastly, does anybody remember the baseball tonight spoof?
TG1212able 9 months ago
@TG1212able The hot dog guy is glorious!
bss008 9 months ago
This could be one of the finest moments of 80s cinema.
Crust218 9 months ago
@ 2:41 does he say "do doo dewy alederoy aladera"!?
zephyurhound2000 9 months ago
@idseer I don't normally say things like this, but the book is not as good as the movie thanks in part to this scene.
vivaeljason 9 months ago
@idseer what a prick.
mr554 9 months ago 2
6 people should go to hell!
allstarchris1 9 months ago
@idseer Hollywood got it right
xomthood 9 months ago
Mickey Mantle = the Natural!!!!!
skatepunkzero 10 months ago
@idseer Both are works of fiction. By definition, they are both big lies... or big truths that transcend the fiction. I prefer to look at it as the latter.
I prefer Barry Levinson's version and vision (the film). His leaves room for hope. I think the version we choose says a lot about our own individual psychologies, don't you?
bobjfs 10 months ago 2
He was kinda sexy in this movie...
kawbaby 10 months ago
@idseer A big lie? ITS FUCKING FICTION. One is a book, the other a screen play....holy shit.
PE12009 10 months ago
@idseer - there is no such thing as a lie in fiction.
TG1212able 10 months ago 2
this gives me goosebumps everytime i watch it.
DonOfPC 10 months ago
#1 Baseball Movie Period
teracrossdresser 10 months ago
@teracrossdresser major league is better
0PTIMUSxPRIME 10 months ago
@TemplarReturns I grew up watching The Natural and in my humble opinion I can't imagine that movie any other way than with Roy running through and celebrating the falling sparks in a dream like environment following triumph, the movie just wouldn't be the same. THIS is the way Roy's story is meant to be for me. I won't argue with anyone who says otherwise, you can enjoy the novels ending but this is the way I feel it should've been.
zhnthebox 10 months ago
you should have added the final few seconds of the movie when he is playing catch with his son,
That completes the whole thing,
issurchaim 10 months ago 13
@issurchaim The reason why I did not include that scene is because it wasn't about the son, it was about Hobbs finally getting his chance to shine in the sport he loved. He finally got his chance to be the person he was prevented from being when he was shot by the woman.
TemplarReturns 10 months ago 10
@TemplarReturns Actually, the point about him playing catch with his son is simple. It is about how we pass on this game to the next generation, how we inherit it from father to son. Field of Dreams makes the point even better.
bobjfs 10 months ago
@TemplarReturns Actually, it was about Hobbs finally getting his chance to shine as man, simultaneously killing the old (Wonderboy) and coming to grips with the new (being a father, passing the ball from generation to generation.) That's why those last few seconds completes the scene.
Grubbo 6 months ago 3
@Grubbo I think both points well demonstrate his will. Cheers.
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The life Roy wanted as a prospect was why he was shot. He wanted to break all the records and be the best ever; him hitting this last home run does NEITHER. If Roy continued being obsessed with being the BEST, he'd be no good to anyone, including himself . Instead, he hits the home run to save Pop Fisher, the team, and his family. But in putting the others FIRST, he ends up achieving glory. The scene at the end playing catch with his son has EVERYTHING to do with this scene.
ajlopez33 3 months ago
@idseer
uh you can't lie in art. Since the book was fiction. So is this movie. I can make a movie and have aliens come and zap everyone as he's making a home run. that's why it's called fiction. You can't lie in fiction, since the whole purpose of fiction is to make up a story.
Rao665 10 months ago
@idseer
And this is one case of where the hollywood brass actually got it right. This ending is much better.
CanadaMMA 11 months ago
randy newman wrote the score...not williams
DBEENE123 11 months ago
Ted Williams = The Natural
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Six people had to repair the lights.
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I still remember the first time I watched this movie. It was with my Dad, and I was 10 years old. It was my first year in Little League. This scene captures the mystery and the magic in the game of baseball more than any other. As long as I live, I will never forget Roy Hobbs rounding the bases in the dark as the lights in the outfield are exploding in the night. This scene always inspires me and reminds me of everything that was good once....and that could be again. Pure magic and inspiration.
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Lou Gerieg = The Natural
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@xTANKx100 josh hamilton = the natural
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This is the best sports movie scene of all time
DCItaly27 1 year ago
I remember going to the "old rockpile" in Buffalo as an fan in the crowd to see parts of the Natural filmed. Still love seeing that old stadium as part of the movie. Super baseball flick.
reff15 1 year ago
I remember going to the "old rockpile" in Buffalo as an fan in the crowd to see parts of the Natural filmed. Still love seeing that old stadium as part of the movie. Super baseball flick.
reff15 1 year ago
Redford reminds me of Pitt. Or Pitt reminds me of Redford.
laf1lm 1 year ago
@laf1lm I don't think Pitt could carry Redford's jock!
diptwares 1 year ago
i didn't know the batter can take 5 minutes of the game's time, talking to the boy and examining a broken bat before going back to the home plate and say, "let's play ball."
stberlin 1 year ago
@stberlin You never saw Pudge Fisk play ;-)
diptwares 1 year ago
What song is being played when he hits the homerun?
TheMexicanSuperman1 1 year ago
Any orchestral music in this film is the original soundtrack composed by Randy Newman.
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@TemplarReturns The song was composed by John Williams.
bassamsalah 1 year ago
You kidding me? Its composed by Randy Newman. If you cant tell randy newman from john williams, im not sure what to say to you.
TemplarReturns 1 year ago 15
@bassamsalah The song was obviously composed by Hans Zimmer
ladderfold 1 year ago
@bassamsalah ouch, you're so wrong
Rawr5649 7 months ago
@TemplarReturns he's a genius
Supereyes27 7 months ago
Nelson Cruz = The Natural last night in Texas
Nitrotech23 1 year ago
Colby Lewis = The Rookie
Nitrotech23 1 year ago
Shoe Less Joe Jackson = The Natural
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Ichiro = The Natural
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Roger Maris = The Natural
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Josh Hamilton= The Natural
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AvaNyersc 1 year ago
The poor bat boy! He was obviously not an actor. I'm sure they were yelling or gesturing after him to get out of the frame after he gave Redford the new bat. Great scene anyway!
Jason411115 1 year ago
i remember watchin this movie as a kid. best baseball movie ever made, bar none.
belthazar51 1 year ago
what's the name of this song??????
TheMatthayz 1 year ago
This is truly beautiful. The geniusl part is when its raining stars and u see the reflection in pop's(the coaches glasses) at 4:34. Him, and us the audience see and feel what a perfect moment in life can be when you dream. A moment of transcendence. When the bounds of our thinking and feeling dissolve.
spaniardmale77 1 year ago
This is one of my moms favs also. Robert Redford was so handsome :) :) :)
pattipie100 1 year ago
my friends and i would go to his house in 1988, being only 11 at the time and in little league, would watch the life out of this movie. ESPECIALLY this scene. Awesome ending to a movie. Fantasy, Escapism, Glory, Emotion and pure cineamagic. Love this movie forever!
ProudScotsmanRex 1 year ago
What is the music playing in the background. It's great!
wcrimi3 1 year ago
@wcrimi3 Believe it or not that's Randy Newman (the guy that did Short People)
TreyLutrash 1 year ago
The best scene from any sports movie. Ever. Period.
ariesismixing 1 year ago 2
I loved this film when I first saw it 20 years ago. Seen it many times since. This scene chokes me up more even than it did two decades ago - because I have a son of my own now. And when Roy and Bobby just look at each other over the broken Wonderboy bat, and again at the exchange of the "Savoy Special", that's how me and my son look at each other almost every day. Over the biggest things, over the littlest things. And he's only five. He makes me feel like Roy Hobbs. Or Superman. Invincible.
ThrottleStuckOpen 1 year ago
One of the best scenes in movie history. It shows all that could be good about baseball and Americana. Hobbs the aging prodigy that gets one last shot at bat, the end of his wonder bat, the look he gives the bat boy when he hands him the bat they made together, and his long lost girl that knew he had it in him laughs as he shows the world what he had in him.
TreyLutrash 1 year ago
want atmosphere in a sports film? this has it in spades! great stuff!!
jsilkcut 1 year ago
'lets play ball!' you want atmosphere in a sports film ? this has it in spades Brilliant!!
jsilkcut 1 year ago
i remember first wanting to watch this movie after i had read the book which was great (a must read for any baseball fan). I was so surprised when i saw the end of the movie because it was so different. In the book Roy chases a pitch and strikes out to end the game... very sad ending, but a beautiful ending still in the book. I still love what they did in the end for this movie even though it was different. it leaves u with a good feeling.
baconproductions1 1 year ago
I always thought the bat boy looked kind of like Glenn Close. I wonder if that was intentional?
TheFett007 1 year ago
Gives you a real sense of the 'feel" of "old time" baseball. No giant egos. No giant contracts. No police blotter stuff. No roids. No conceit. No wimpy sissies, who sit out for weeks with minor injuries.
BIGKELL9614 1 year ago
This is the only scene in any movie that physically gives me goosebumps. It's the moment when the radio announcer just begins to fade back in that gets me every single time. What a scene.
Erock86 1 year ago
this is a lot like other redford movie waldo pepper
swastikausa 1 year ago
This is "every" boy's dream who grows up playing baseball. To hit the big homerun that win's your team the game. Believe me, it is every professionals dream too. They just rarely accomplish it due to the unbelivable competition they face on a daily basis. That being said, a "Roy Hobbs" moment will happen in the future I promise. Just keep your eyes open. When it occurs it will be equally as magical as the "movie" version.
MrTheSwampthing 1 year ago
@MrTheSwampthing two words... Kirk Gibson.
corymazz 1 year ago 13
"Outta here Roy, Outta here!"
MrTheSwampthing 1 year ago
3:40
Yeah... that's what you get for poisoning someone to prevent them from doing what they love and keep them from claiming what they deserve. Greedy fools will learn that a man like this can't be bought. They are beyond the money.
richcoolerearth 1 year ago
How could you cut the scene of him throwing a baseball to his son?
BJORT 1 year ago
Seriously, just thinking about this movie gives me goosebumps.
sjbowling 1 year ago
Thanks for posting............Great!!!!!!
roblynchjr 1 year ago
What a powerhouse of a film!
DartmouthAlum96 1 year ago
love this movie
TheWeareallequal 1 year ago
rip robert redford. you were one of the greats!!!!
AntaresInScorpius 1 year ago
@AntaresInScorpius robert redford's still alive
stlcardsfan54 1 year ago
Love this scene.
danteras23 1 year ago
woo wat the this is way different from the book wonderboy breaks and he strikes out and everyone thinks he lost the game on purpose and the book ends with a boy asking him if its all true and he cant say that it wasnt true
Italian8Boy 1 year ago
STILL get goosebumps to this day watching this scene. Such a great movie.
scrapplecheesesteak 1 year ago
a great hit with great music
MrGuue 1 year ago
Robert Redford said he based the Roy Hobb's character off of Ted Williams (hence the #9 jersey he wears) However, in my opinion he reminds me more of Mickey Mantle then anyone else.
GeorgiaDawgs804 1 year ago
One of the greatest scenes in movie history.
GeorgiaDawgs804 1 year ago
glory city men..
ShawnVanAngle 1 year ago
luv this movie.
ShawnVanAngle 1 year ago
outta here roy outta here!!
RusselBertrand 1 year ago
I'd give it 100 stars if I could
kcopen 1 year ago
One of the best scenes in movie history. Hobbs last chance at bat ever, finding out he has a Son, The Nebraska farm boy pitcher, Breaking the wonder boy bat, The bat boy getting the Savoy Special Roy helped him make,The second glance from Roy to the bat boy then knocking out the lights while his ex girlfriend laughs because she knew his talent.THE best baseball movie ever. Field of Dreams has it's moments, but nothing compares to the Natural
TreyLutrash 1 year ago
and the ball is still going
brandondash 1 year ago
Plain and simple: if your a man between the ages of 10 and 55 and you dont get a little teared up from when Bobby grabs the Savoy Special and hands it to Roy, to right through the end of this scene, you simply have no soul. Go watch Transformers 2 or something. Also, the shot at 4:35 of the shower of sparks reflected in Pop's glasses is one of my all time favorite shots in any movie.
jamiesjewels1 1 year ago 2
@jamiesjewels1 agree completly bro- simply an amazing movie
bluntburna01 1 year ago
best movie scene hands down
WORDLIFEEE03 1 year ago
This is one of my favorite movies. Cinematography that outlines what is most powerful in our pursuit to live our dreams.
808Wave 1 year ago 7
Caleb Deschanel's ace camerawork really brings you close to Hobb's accomplishment. My favorite shot is Roy running the home stretch of his life while the sparks fall like stars. I love that one haha.
TemplarReturns 1 year ago
Always love this ending since i was a kid
pizon1 1 year ago
Whats the song called?
madworld49 1 year ago
My top 5 baseball movies:
5. Bull Durham
4. Eight Men Out
3. Major League
2. The Natural
1. Field Of Dreams
hoth1138 1 year ago 3
Truly beautiful cinematography and score to match. Touches you on so many different levels that it is inspiring. The celebration of human acheievement, although fleeting and temporary, is really something. The film typifies this in grand style. Redford's character remiinds us of what it is to be unshaken and noble in life's challenges. Wonderful movie. Oddly, I'm not a fan of baseball.
maryted 1 year ago
"The Natural" is one of the very few movies that is better than the book. IMHO, of course. :)
w00master 1 year ago
This is my favorite movie of all time. I grew up with a baseball coach for a dad so we watched this constantly. I don't think I've ever watched this scene without tearing up. I help coach the high school legion team in my hometown now and I wear number nine and always have a lightning bolt patch on my uniform.
2idreenactor 2 years ago
What a LOSER
Justinizcool89 1 year ago
One of the great movie moments. The stuff that dreams are made of.
mrdjjames 2 years ago
really powerfull scene!!!
tofbok 2 years ago
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i watched this movie when i was a 9 year old kid, and fell in love with it.
the next year i joined up little league and hit my first home run. all i could think about rounding the bases was the soundtrack to this movie.
beautiful, awe-inspiring, wonderful, magic, tragic and remarkable.
one of the best movies i have ever seen, and definetely the best sports movie ever made.
rouncer74 2 years ago